With a determined(坚定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The Tower stands 1,451 feet tall, the      building in the US.
As he got to the last step, McCarthy      fell down, but that didn’t stop him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2,109 steps and arrived at the top, where he      cheers from many people.
“I just want to show people that      a kid with no legs can do it, anyone can do it,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy, who was born without legs, has to wear prosthetic legs(假肢) and use a stick to walk. But McCarthy has a strong     . He believes having a disability shouldn’t stop anyone     achieving his or her success.
He has been in a special school     he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, was moved by his determination(决心) and offered      train him. They     more than ten hours practicing climbing stairs and keeping balance with the prosthetics and sticks on the steps every day. “    seems that he never knows how difficult it is.     I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,” said Kohn. “But he said he was still full of energy and wanted more     .”
Kohn always walked with McCarthy for the climb. “I  found when climbing the last 10 floors, he went faster,” said Kohn. “He’s the      sportsman I’ve ever trained.”
McCarthy said he was      of himself and that the tower now holds special meaning. “When I’m older, I’ll  point(指着) to the building and      ‘Look at this building I climbed’,”

小题1:	A．largest B．highest C．earliest D．latest

小题2:	A．seldom B．hardly C．always D．almost

小题3:	A．enjoyed B．needed C．made D．kept

小题4:	A．while B．after C．if D．though

小题5:	A．mind B．legs C．body D．love

小题6:	A．by B．for C．in D．from

小题7:	A．as B．since C．until D．before

小题8:	A．help B．to help C．helping D．helped

小题9:	A．used B．spent C．took D．wasted

小题10:

A．Here B．There C．He D．It

小题11:

A．However B．Sometimes C．Again D．Then

小题12:

A．friends B．helpers C．time D．exercise

小题13:

A．strong B．stronger C．strongest D．strongly

小题14:

A．excited B．curious C．worried D．proud

小题15:

A．say B．speak C．talk D．tell

I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago. Her husband died because of traffic accident. About a week after his death, she shared some of her insights with us.
The class was clearly over. She said,＂Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you an important thought.”  “Each of us is on Earth to learn, share, love and *appreciate. We must *cherish every single day.”
Her eyes beginning to water, she went on, “So I would like you to make me a *promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful. It could be a *scent----perhaps of freshly baked bread, or it could be the sound of the *breeze slightly *rustling the leaves in the trees.”
“Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound * trite, these things are the *stuff of life. They are the little things on Earth to enjoy. They are the things we often take for *granted. We must try to notice them because it can be easily taken away at any time.”
The class was completely quiet. We picked up our books and went out of the room silently. That afternoon I noticed more things on my way from school than I had that whole semester.
I often think of that teacher and try to appreciate all off those things that sometimes we *overlook.
Take notice of something special you see on your lunch time today. Walk *barefoot along the beach at *sunset. For as we get older, it is not the things we did that we regret, but the things we didn’t do.
小题1:In the writer’s eyes , the high school teacher was ________________________.

A．weak

B．happy

C．strict

D．special

小题2:The words “insight” in the first paragraph means_____________________.

A．promise

B．thought

C．love

D．thing

小题3:From the underlined sentence in the third paragraph we know the writer’s teacher suggests ____________.

A．cherishing every single day

B．finding something beautiful

C．cherishing even very little things

D．taking for granted

小题4:The best title for the passage may be __________________________.

A．My high school days	B．Making a promise
C．My teacher’s insights	D．Little things in life

When I was twenty-eight, I left my hometown and went to another city. There I found my first     . I worked     a dentist in a hospital..
It was cloudy yesterday .When I was     to go home ,it started to rain. Then I found I       to take my umbrella. So I ran to the      quickly. When I reached there, , my clothes were all     . It got colder and colder. I     for about half an hour, but there weren’t any buses coming. Just then a car         behind me. The woman in the car rolled（滚动）down the window and asked if I     a ride. I remembered my mother told        not to take rides from strangers（陌生人）. So I said , “No, thanks.”        she still asked me to get into her car . I looked at her        and she looked like a kind woman . So I      in and she took me all the way to my house . I thanked her and wanted to        her some money . She refused (拒绝) and went off before I      ask for her name . I was really lucky to meet such a kind woman in the strange city.

小题1:	A．boat B．job C．diary D．role

小题2:	A．like B．of C．through D．as

小题3:	A．ready B．similar C．famous D．bored

小题4:	A．remembered B．learned C．forgot D．hoped

小题5:	A．hospital B．bus stop C．bank D．post office

小题6:	A．poor B．hot C．fresh D．wet

小题7:	A．tried B．touched C．waited D．swung

小题8:	A．stopped B．grew C．picked D．happened

小题9:	A．followed B．won C．stood D．needed

小题10:

A．me B．him C．her D．them

小题11:

A．If B．So C．But D．Although

小题12:

A．loudly B．carefully C．differently D．beautifully

小题13:

A．turned B．jumped C．blew D．camped

小题14:

A．feed B．choose C．share D．give

小题15:

A．could B．must C．should D．might

Everyone has got two personalities (性格) — the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real. You don't show your secret personality when you're awake because you can control yourself, but when you're asleep, your sleeping position shows the real you. In a normal night, of course, you often change your sleeping positions. The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep.
If you go to sleep on your back, you're a very open person. You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas. You don't like to make people unhappy, so you never express your real feelings. You're quite shy and you aren't very confident.
If you sleep on your stomach, you are a person who likes to keep secrets. You worry a lot and you're always easily becoming sad. You never want to change your ideas, but you are satisfied with your life the way it is. You usually live for today not for tomorrow.
If you sleep on curled up (蜷缩), you are probably a very nervous person. You have a low opinion of yourself and often protect yourself from being hurt, so you are very defensive. You're shy and you don't usually like meeting people. You like to be on your own.
If you sleep on your side, you have usually got a well-balanced (平衡的) personality. You know your strengths and weaknesses. You're usually careful. You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel worried, but you don't often get unhappy. You always say what you think, even if it makes people angry
小题1:When does the sleeping position best show your secret personality?

A．In the daytime.	B．At the beginning of sleep.
C．At night.	D．During the deep sleep.

小题2:Tina hardly tells her secrets to her friends. She probably goes to sleep _____.

A．on curled up

B．on her stomach

C．on her back

D．on her side

小题3:What does the word "defensive" mean in the passage?

A．易怒的

B．攻击性的

C．外向的

D．有戒心的

小题4:What does the passage tell us?

A．Sleeping on your side is the best way of sleeping.

B．Changing positions will cause sleeping problems.

C．Sleeping positions show people's secret personalities.

D．Enough sleep makes people look better and healthier.

完形填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分） 
My name is Tony. I have a big       . There are six people in        family.
They are my grandfather, my grandmother, my       , my sister and I. I don’t have any brothers. I am a         at a school in Beijing. It’s really big. There are many students at our school. In the front of our classroom there           a blackboard. We can write          it. There are forty desks and          in our classroom. Miss Zhang is our English teacher. There is a new        on her desk. But there aren’t        computers on our desks. I love my family, school         teachers.

小题1:	A．room B．family C．home D．school

小题2:	A．my B．his C．her D．your

小题3:	A．father B．mother C．brothers D．parents

小题4:	A．doctor B．student C．policeman D．manager

小题5:	A．is B．isn’t C．are D．aren’t

小题6:	A．of B．at C．on D．in

小题7:	A．chairs B．bags C．students D．teachers

小题8:	A．book B．pen C．computer D．hat

小题9:	A．some B．an C．any D．a

小题10:

A．and B．but C．so D．or

One morning, a blind* boy sat in front of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign* which said,“I am blind. Please help me. There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat .He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps* and ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”
The man said,“I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way.”
What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.”
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

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Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty* of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is: Treasure*what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.
小题1:On the sign what the man wrote was,“_______.”

A．Treasure what we have already had.

B．Today is a beautiful day, but I can’t see it.

C．We are so lucky that we are not blind.

D．Try your best to help those who need your help.

小题2:The word“recognized”here in Chinese means______.

A．承认	B．接受
C．表扬	D．认出

小题3:From the passage we know that _____.

A．the boy always has a hat on his head.

B．the man is one of his friends.

C．the boy is blind and needs help.

D．the boy works for the man.

小题4:According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The hat began to fill up after the man wrote some words on the sign.

B．The man took away all the few coins from the hat.

C．The boy wanted to get enough money to go to school.

D．Nobody wanted to give any coins to the blind boy.

In front of my daughter Sindu was a bowl filled with cabbage. She     cabbage. She sat there in silence with tears（眼泪）in her eyes.
“Sindu, darling, why don’t you        a little? Your Mom will shout at me.”
Sindu wiped (擦) her tears with the back of her hand.
“OK, Dad. I’ll eat, just a      .” Then Sindu said: “Dad, if I eat it all, will you give me what I want?”
“Yes, within reason.”
      she began to eat. It took her almost half an hour to finish the   . Then she came up to me and said: “Dad, I want to have my head shaved (剃)！”
“Sindu, why don’t you       something else? If we see you with a clean-shaved head, we will be      ,” I said.
“But, Dad, you       ! Now, you are going back on your words.”
I had to       my promise. Sindu had all her hair cut off. She looked beautiful
On Monday morning, I took her to school. Just as we      , a boy got out of a car, and shouted, “Sindu, please wait for me!”
Guess what? The boy had      hair either.
“Sir, your daughter is       !” A man got out of the car and said, “That boy is my son Harish. He has cancer. He lost his hair       he got ill. Sindu cut hers off, so Harish would feel less       . She’s a special girl.”
I stood for a while, then said “My little girl, you are         me how selfless (无私的) real love is!”

小题1:	A．liked B．enjoyed C．hated D．cooked

小题2:	A．cook B．cut C．ask D．eat

小题3:	A．few B．little C．moment D．lot

小题4:	A．Luckily B．Slowly C．Easily D．Happily

小题5:	A．food B．homework C．game D．talk

小题6:	A．ask for B．look for C．work for D．pay for

小题7:	A．happy B．sad C．funny D．excited

小题8:	A．said B．understood C．promised D．proved

小题9:	A．make B．break C．change D．keep

小题10:

A．arrived B．met C．left D．drove

小题11:

A．much B．no C．thick D．short

小题12:

A．great B．silly C．weak D．strange

小题13:

A．before B．and C．so D．when

小题14:

A．different B．strong C．dangerous D．important

小题15:

A．giving B．offering C．teaching D．advising

Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents       . He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed        him. No one showed kindness (友善) to him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped       , she dropped other bags. He came to help her.“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”She said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were        kind words he had ever heard. He watched her        she went far away, and he whistled（吹口哨）to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”he repeated the woman’s words. Then in a low        he said to his dog,“You are a nice little dog!”Tige raised        ears as if（似乎）it understood.
“Uh! Even a dog likes it!”he said,“Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.”Tige waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw        but a dirty boy. He washed his face       . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed (震惊). From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said,“Ladies and gentlemen, this is the place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed (种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness.        a great power it has!” If you show kindness to others, you will be an able man.
小题1:A.dead              B. die               C.died
小题2:A.at                B.to              C.of
小题3:A.picking it up        B to pick it up      C.to pick up it
小题4:A.the first            B.first              C. the first time
小题5:A.until                B.before          C.when
小题6:A.sound             B.noise           C..voice
小题7:A.it                B.it’s             C. its
小题8:A.something            B.nothing         C. somebody
小题9:A.carefully            B.careful         C.careless
小题10:A.What             B.How            C.It

阅读下列短文，从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
We were going to play a team from a country school .They didn’t come     the match nearly began .They looked      than we thought .The wore dirty T-shirts and blue jeans and looked like farm boys .We thought they      saw a basketball before .We felt that we didn’t      any practice to play with such a team .It was very late so they couldn’t have any time to practice .The match began ,one of our boys      the ball and he tried to give it to another one . But from out of nowhere a boy in a T-shirt      the ball and he quickly and beautifully got the ball into our basket and had two points .They      us .They had another two points in a minute .Soon it was all over .The country team      the match .Of course we knew that there was still another team      than any good team .But the important lesson we learn this time was : One can’t tell a man or a team by the      .

小题1:	A．when B．so C．until D．at

小题2:	A．stronger B．younger C．worse D．better

小题3:	A．never B．often C．sometimes D．always

小题4:	A．have B．make C．use D．need

小题5:	A．got B．played C．took D．carried

小题6:	A．caught B．changed C．held D．stopped

小题7:	A．surprised B．frightened C．admired D．smiled

小题8:	A．lost B．won C．got D．had

小题9:	A．worse B．less C．better D．more

小题10:

A．T-shirt B．appearance C．name D．points

阅读短文并根据短文内容完成表格。(每空一词)
“A friend walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” Sometimes in life, you find a special friend: someone who changes you life just by being part of it; someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop; someone who convinces( 使相信 ) you that there really is an open door just waiting for you to open it. This is forever friendship. When you are sad, and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirits( 精神 ) and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. If you have a forever friend,it will be easier for you to get through the hard times and the sad times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows. If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you, encourages (鼓励) you, holds your hands and tells you that everything is going to be OK. And if you find such a friend, you feel happy because you need not worry. You have a forever friend for life and forever has no end.

Forever friendship
What’s a __小题1:_____friend like?	___小题2:___ your life just by being part of it. Make you laugh until you can’t stop. Make you___小题3:__ that there really is a way of ___小题4:__ problems.
What’s forever friendship like in time of___小题5:__?	When you are not ____小题6:___, your forever friend can cheer you up and turn the ___小题7:___ and empty world into a bright and full one so that you can go through the difficult and sad times more ____小题8:__.
	Nothing can worry you if you find a ___小题9:_friend. You can turn to him for help even when you lose your way. Wherever you go, he will follow you.
Conclusion(总结)	It’s ___小题10:___ for all of us to find forever friendship.